Fujitsu
Fujitsu Ltd. is one of the biggest electronics manufacturers in Japan and also the developer and publisher of multiple Ultima game ports in Japan.
History with Ultima[edit]
In 1989 Fujitsu had developed the at the time highly powerful FM Towns computer, a piece of hardware which could run very advanced computer games for the time. Soon enough Origin, already a presence in the Japanese market thanks to their partnership with PonyCanyon, aimed for ports of Ultima games on that computer system as well. However, Fujitsu, due to their size and power, very much mandated that Origin had to leave publishing (and a huge chunk of the game development) to them.
After the takeover of Origin by Electronic Arts in late 1992, the bargaining power of this much bigger company meant, that Fujitsu after the contract renewal negotiations no longer was involved in development and publishing of the further ports for the FM Towns (both Ultima Underworld games).
List of Ultima-Works by Fujitsu[edit]
Computer Ports
- Computer Ports of Ultima I (1990) (FM Towns)
- Computer Ports of Ultima II (1990) (FM Towns)
- Computer Ports of Ultima III (1990) (FM Towns)
- Computer Ports of Ultima IV (1992) (FM Towns)
- Computer Ports of Ultima V (1992) (FM Towns)
- Computer Ports of Ultima VI (1992) (FM Towns)
Trivia[edit]
- The first three games were only released in the compilation Ultima Trilogy I II III.
External Links[edit]
| Companies involved with the Ultima series | |
|---|---|
| The Main Studio | Origin Systems Inc. |
| Western Companies | California Pacific Computer Co. ☥ Electronic Arts ☥ Looking Glass Studios ☥ MicroProse ☥ Mindscape ☥ Sierra On-Line, Inc. |
| Japanese Companies | Fujitsu Ltd. ☥ PonyCanyon Inc. ☥ StarCraft Inc. |